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DULY miift
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912
INSIDE
www.dailytrojan.com
Junuury 31,2005
At one point, they led by 1H points. Hut in the end, men's basketball just couldn't get it done against UCLA at the Sports Arena. 16
Vol. CXLVI, No. 13
uavia leuy i uairy trojan
Map It out. Two workers for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority look at a map to figure out the best method of counting homeless people in the area. Each group of volunteers were given a different region.
Los Angeles counts its homeless; tallies first accurate population numbers
Effort began Tuesday in Antelope Valley, ended Thursday in downtown.
By BONNIE LEE
Contributing Writer
Shaking his head. Timothy James Pierce slowly, deliberately makes a tally mark; one homeless man on the sidewalk of De Langpre Avenue, wrapped in a blanket and lying on a bed of garbage bags.
Pierce, along with hundreds of volunteers and paid workers, scoured the streets of Los Angeles County last week as enumerators in an effort to produce the first accurate head count of homeless people in the county.
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and Applied Survey Research teamed up to head
the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, which was mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Los Angeles County had to administer the “street census" in order to preserve up to $52 million in federal money granted by HUD that is allocated every y«ar for programs such as housing, outreach and mental illness services.
HUD required all cities across the country that receive federal aid for homeless progress to gather accurate statistics in order to better understand the problem and determine the need for services, said Natalie Komuro, site coordinator for LAHSA.
"This is a large, complicated operation," Komuro said, "But it sounds like we have the coverage we need... we put a lot more thought into how it should be done."
The count began on Jan. 25 in Antelope Valley, the San Fernando Valley and west Los Angeles and ended last Thursday night in downtown and the surrounding areas.
Meeting at designated deployment centers, enumerators branched out into groups of at least two people, equipped with bright yellow hats signifying them as LAHSA workers, a map of their assigned area and a clipboard to record tallies.
Enumerators were asked to mark a tally for each homeless individual, each encampment or tent and each vehicle that looked recognizably transient
Workers covered a statistical sample of census tracts, or regions throughout the county with a high populace of homeless. LAHSA will then use the numbers to come up
I see Homeieu page • I
Friends, students remember
USC' community gathers at Leavey Library reflecting pool; Siddhartha Basu was a 'live-for-the-moment kind of guy.'
"He was such a special person, but to put it into words is really hard."
NEIL ARORA close friend
By KRISTIN MAYER
Staff Writer
As thv* investigation into the death of a 17-year-old freshman who apparently fell from the eighth-floor hallway window at Pardee Tower last Saturday continues, friends and classmates have taken time to remember the international student.
The Los Angeles Police Department is still unsure of the nature of the death of Siddhartha Basu, whose body was found at 6:25 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 22 on the concrete walkway by the residence hall, Richards sgid.
"At this point, we don’t suspect foul play,” said LAPD Detective Don Richards, Southwest Division Homicide Coordinator.
“We didn't have any witnesses to the actual falling out of the window. All we have is that he was seen at the window. He apparently was ill at the time," Richards said.m
To LAPD’s knowledge, this window sighting was the last time Basu was seen alive, Richards said.
Police found some writing by Basu at Pardee, but were unable to determine whether it was a suicide note, said LAPD Detective Jeff Nolte.
Neil Arora, who was Basu’s Trojan Hall neighbor and had been his closest friend since the first week of school, was with Basu the night he died, Arora said.
The friends went out to a party Friday night where Basu was drinking, Arora said.
LAPD is still waiting for the coroner's office to complete its investigation of the death, which could take up to 90 days, Richards said.
They do a very thorough job in all the cases brought before them, so it’s not unusual that this (would) take so long," Richards said.
Lab technicians in the coroner's office are now performing extensive examinations of bodily fluid and tissue samples, he said.
Results from the autopsy have not yet been released and are still pending, he added.
Remembrance
A memorial service Was held in front of the Leavey Library reflecting pool at 9:30 p.m. Thursday for Basu.
Basu, an international student from India, last saw his mother before he moved to USC for the fall 2004 semester, Arora said. Basu's father spent four days on campus at the beginning of the spring semester. Arora said.
Basu attended USC since the age of 16.
Arora and Krushen Pillay, another Trojan Hall floor mate, spoke at the service.
I see Pardee page 6 I
Study looks at Hispanic populations
Second generation of immigrants expected to be the dominant population over the next 25 years.
By NANCY RODRIGUEZ
Staff Writer
The large numbers from the sec-ond-generation of Hispanic immigrants will result in more use of the English language, higher education and higher voter participation.
The growth and change of the Hispanic immigrant population in California were studied in a new report by a three-member research team from the School of Policy, Planning and Development and the Population Dynamics Research Group.
The California Demographic Futures report examines the immigrant population and its U.S.-born children.
The study predicts that the second-generation population will cause a major rise in education, English use and voter participation amongst Hispanics over the next 25 years.
“The second generation is going to be the dominant population for the quarter century. Latinos are growing in numbers because of the settled immigrants' children. The children of immigrants are impacted, but numbers alone don’t make an impact — they have n«t yet been felt," said Dowell Myers, professor of urban planning and demography in the School of Policy, Planning and Development.
Myers, the co-author of California’s Demographic Future report, said that immigration in California has stopped increasing.
“The larger population of Latinos is comprised from the second generation who will (soon) outnumber the current settled I see Immigrant* page • I
WEATHER
Today: Sunny. High 75, low 49.
Tomorrow: Sunny. High 75, low 50.
Newt Digest... 2 Classified s.....12
Opinions-------4 Crossword.....13
Lifestyle-.........7 Sports..........16
Spring rushees increase this year
Turnout unexpected; Number of fraternities participating in rush process also increased.
By REBEKAH SANDERS
Staff Writer
Despite an expectation of low turnout because of stricter enforcement of dry rush during the spring fraternity rush week, more students pledged a house on The Row this spring than last, according to an Interfraternity Council post-rush report.
At the beginning of the semester, IFC announced plans to enforce the no-alcohol rush policy more strictly than in the past, prompting concerns that fewer students would be interested in rushing.
But the IFC report showed that pledge numbers were up from last year's spring rush overall by 22 rushees.
The average per house, however, was slightly down from 11 and two thirds per house last spring to
11 per house this year, said Sagar Patel, IFC vice president of Rush.
The number of fraternities rushing also increased since last year, with the addition of two new fraternities, Theta Chi and Alpha Gamma Omega. The pledge difference also was affected by the re-emergence of Phi Kappa Psi, which was prohibited from rushing last spring by
I see Rush, page 11
INDEX
The war on terror causes America to lose its souL 4
1MDB has grown into more than it intended to be. 7

DULY miift
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912
INSIDE
www.dailytrojan.com
Junuury 31,2005
At one point, they led by 1H points. Hut in the end, men's basketball just couldn't get it done against UCLA at the Sports Arena. 16
Vol. CXLVI, No. 13
uavia leuy i uairy trojan
Map It out. Two workers for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority look at a map to figure out the best method of counting homeless people in the area. Each group of volunteers were given a different region.
Los Angeles counts its homeless; tallies first accurate population numbers
Effort began Tuesday in Antelope Valley, ended Thursday in downtown.
By BONNIE LEE
Contributing Writer
Shaking his head. Timothy James Pierce slowly, deliberately makes a tally mark; one homeless man on the sidewalk of De Langpre Avenue, wrapped in a blanket and lying on a bed of garbage bags.
Pierce, along with hundreds of volunteers and paid workers, scoured the streets of Los Angeles County last week as enumerators in an effort to produce the first accurate head count of homeless people in the county.
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and Applied Survey Research teamed up to head
the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, which was mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Los Angeles County had to administer the “street census" in order to preserve up to $52 million in federal money granted by HUD that is allocated every y«ar for programs such as housing, outreach and mental illness services.
HUD required all cities across the country that receive federal aid for homeless progress to gather accurate statistics in order to better understand the problem and determine the need for services, said Natalie Komuro, site coordinator for LAHSA.
"This is a large, complicated operation," Komuro said, "But it sounds like we have the coverage we need... we put a lot more thought into how it should be done."
The count began on Jan. 25 in Antelope Valley, the San Fernando Valley and west Los Angeles and ended last Thursday night in downtown and the surrounding areas.
Meeting at designated deployment centers, enumerators branched out into groups of at least two people, equipped with bright yellow hats signifying them as LAHSA workers, a map of their assigned area and a clipboard to record tallies.
Enumerators were asked to mark a tally for each homeless individual, each encampment or tent and each vehicle that looked recognizably transient
Workers covered a statistical sample of census tracts, or regions throughout the county with a high populace of homeless. LAHSA will then use the numbers to come up
I see Homeieu page • I
Friends, students remember
USC' community gathers at Leavey Library reflecting pool; Siddhartha Basu was a 'live-for-the-moment kind of guy.'
"He was such a special person, but to put it into words is really hard."
NEIL ARORA close friend
By KRISTIN MAYER
Staff Writer
As thv* investigation into the death of a 17-year-old freshman who apparently fell from the eighth-floor hallway window at Pardee Tower last Saturday continues, friends and classmates have taken time to remember the international student.
The Los Angeles Police Department is still unsure of the nature of the death of Siddhartha Basu, whose body was found at 6:25 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 22 on the concrete walkway by the residence hall, Richards sgid.
"At this point, we don’t suspect foul play,” said LAPD Detective Don Richards, Southwest Division Homicide Coordinator.
“We didn't have any witnesses to the actual falling out of the window. All we have is that he was seen at the window. He apparently was ill at the time," Richards said.m
To LAPD’s knowledge, this window sighting was the last time Basu was seen alive, Richards said.
Police found some writing by Basu at Pardee, but were unable to determine whether it was a suicide note, said LAPD Detective Jeff Nolte.
Neil Arora, who was Basu’s Trojan Hall neighbor and had been his closest friend since the first week of school, was with Basu the night he died, Arora said.
The friends went out to a party Friday night where Basu was drinking, Arora said.
LAPD is still waiting for the coroner's office to complete its investigation of the death, which could take up to 90 days, Richards said.
They do a very thorough job in all the cases brought before them, so it’s not unusual that this (would) take so long," Richards said.
Lab technicians in the coroner's office are now performing extensive examinations of bodily fluid and tissue samples, he said.
Results from the autopsy have not yet been released and are still pending, he added.
Remembrance
A memorial service Was held in front of the Leavey Library reflecting pool at 9:30 p.m. Thursday for Basu.
Basu, an international student from India, last saw his mother before he moved to USC for the fall 2004 semester, Arora said. Basu's father spent four days on campus at the beginning of the spring semester. Arora said.
Basu attended USC since the age of 16.
Arora and Krushen Pillay, another Trojan Hall floor mate, spoke at the service.
I see Pardee page 6 I
Study looks at Hispanic populations
Second generation of immigrants expected to be the dominant population over the next 25 years.
By NANCY RODRIGUEZ
Staff Writer
The large numbers from the sec-ond-generation of Hispanic immigrants will result in more use of the English language, higher education and higher voter participation.
The growth and change of the Hispanic immigrant population in California were studied in a new report by a three-member research team from the School of Policy, Planning and Development and the Population Dynamics Research Group.
The California Demographic Futures report examines the immigrant population and its U.S.-born children.
The study predicts that the second-generation population will cause a major rise in education, English use and voter participation amongst Hispanics over the next 25 years.
“The second generation is going to be the dominant population for the quarter century. Latinos are growing in numbers because of the settled immigrants' children. The children of immigrants are impacted, but numbers alone don’t make an impact — they have n«t yet been felt," said Dowell Myers, professor of urban planning and demography in the School of Policy, Planning and Development.
Myers, the co-author of California’s Demographic Future report, said that immigration in California has stopped increasing.
“The larger population of Latinos is comprised from the second generation who will (soon) outnumber the current settled I see Immigrant* page • I
WEATHER
Today: Sunny. High 75, low 49.
Tomorrow: Sunny. High 75, low 50.
Newt Digest... 2 Classified s.....12
Opinions-------4 Crossword.....13
Lifestyle-.........7 Sports..........16
Spring rushees increase this year
Turnout unexpected; Number of fraternities participating in rush process also increased.
By REBEKAH SANDERS
Staff Writer
Despite an expectation of low turnout because of stricter enforcement of dry rush during the spring fraternity rush week, more students pledged a house on The Row this spring than last, according to an Interfraternity Council post-rush report.
At the beginning of the semester, IFC announced plans to enforce the no-alcohol rush policy more strictly than in the past, prompting concerns that fewer students would be interested in rushing.
But the IFC report showed that pledge numbers were up from last year's spring rush overall by 22 rushees.
The average per house, however, was slightly down from 11 and two thirds per house last spring to
11 per house this year, said Sagar Patel, IFC vice president of Rush.
The number of fraternities rushing also increased since last year, with the addition of two new fraternities, Theta Chi and Alpha Gamma Omega. The pledge difference also was affected by the re-emergence of Phi Kappa Psi, which was prohibited from rushing last spring by
I see Rush, page 11
INDEX
The war on terror causes America to lose its souL 4
1MDB has grown into more than it intended to be. 7